---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACON VA/NC/SC DECEMBER 1997 SUMMARY TEMPERATURES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRGINIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- STN A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R R1 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DCA 48.2 33.8 41.0 62 20 24 31 0 0 11 0 2400 BOS 48 29 38.5 59 16 10 31 0 2 20 0 34 NW 5 0 0 0 0 2 0800 BRI 46.0 27.2 36.6 61 19 15 15,29 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 1 0600/1630 CEN 46.8 32.1 39.4 60 4,20 23 31 0 0 18 0 39 NW 20 0 0 1 2 0 1200/2400 CHE 40.8 27.8 34.3 56.2 16 15.2 31 0 0 2400 FAL 46.0 31.81 38.90 60 20 22 31 0 0 20 0 33 WNW 7 0 0 0 2 1 2400 FCH 47.5 33.9 40.7 64 19 16 31 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 1 FRB 47.1 28.2 37.6 62 20 20 15 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 1 0800 HAM 49.6 35.2 42.4 63 4 26 29 0 0 16 0 35 SW 1 0 0 0 3 3 2100 HER 46.3 30.3 38.3 61 19 21 31 0 0 24 0 25 1 0 0 2 2400 HRN 48.1 27.7 37.3 61.1 19 19.4 31 0 0 23 0 25 NW 1 1 0 0 1 1 2400 LOU 48.80 29.74 39.27 63 4 19 15 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 1 0800 NEW 46.39 26.65 36.52 64 16 15 15 0 0 22 0 33 NE 31 0 0 0 1 2 1700 NPN 51.9 32.7 42.3 65 4,20 23 8 0 0 17 0 35 29 0 0 0 2 4 2300 NOR 51.3 34.0 42.7 64 4 26 8,29 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 2400 ORF 50.8 34.8 42.8 65 25 30 8 0 0 12 1 37 WNW 2400 POR 51.9 36.1 44.0 65 4 27 7,8 0 0 10 0 33 NNW 1 0 0 0 1 1 2400 33 WNW 30 MEC 49 31 40 63 20 21 15 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 1800 RIC 49.1 30.7 39.9 63 20 20 15 0 0 20 0 36 E 2400 RMD 51.4 33.9 42.7 64 4,20 12 4,20 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2300 ROK 47.0 29.3 38.1 61 19 16 15 0 2 22 0 23 WNW 7,30 0 0 0 1 0 2200 31 STF 48.48 28.61 38.55 63.7 20 19.9 15 0 0 25 0 0 0 2 3 0 2100 AKQ 50.7 29.7 40.2 65 20 19 8 2400 WEE 48.1 30.3 39.2 62 20 20 15 0 0 10 0 35 N/W 1/30 0 0 0 0 1 0800/2000 WOO 46.0 31.8 38.9 62 17 22 31 0 1 16 0 0 0 1 1 7 0800 WSH 44.68 29.42 37.05 61 16 16 31 0 1 22 0 0 0 1 1 2 2200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH CAROLINA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVL 45.9 27.9 36.9 62 20 17 16 0 5 22 0 39 NW 2400 BRE 48.2 26.0 37.4 73 5 11 7 0 2 22 0 24 27 0 0 0 0 6 2100 CLT 43.0 66 20 24 7 0 0 12 0 2400 GSO 47.7 30.1 38.9 64 20 19 8 2400 HEN 51.2 31.5 41.4 66 19,20 19 15 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 5 2200 RAL 51.7 30.3 41.0 67 20 19 8 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 1 5 2400 RDU 50.5 31.2 40.9 66 20 20 8 0 19 0 2400 RWL 48.2 30.1 38.9 63.4 20 20.6 8 0 0 20 0 21 NNE 1 1 0 0 2 2 2400 ROX 50.2 32.7 41.5 66 20 21 15 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 6 2100 ILM 56.7 37.8 47.3 72 10,25 25 8 0 0 8 0 34 W 30 0 4 2400 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH CAROLINA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAE 55.6 35.3 45.5 69 20 23 7,8 2400 GSP 50.8 33.0 41.9 65 20 22 7 0 0 15 0 30 WSW 2400 RUB 50.6 34.2 42.4 64 25 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEARBY LOCATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRI 45.7 27.5 36.6 62 22 14 15 0 4 23 0 2400 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACON VA/NC/SC DECEMBER 1997 SUMMARY PRECIPITATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRGINIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STN T U V V1 W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DCA 1.74 0.54 24-25 11 5 33.82 30.40 29.18 2400 BOS 1.41 4.3 30 9 1 7.0 7.0 30.26 29.61 0800 BRI 2.11 0.58 24 0.58 24 8 0 37.74 6.0 29 4 2 9.8 9.8 30.20 29.36 0600/1630 CEN 1.67 0.50 24 0.55 24- 9 0 37.91 2.4 29 4 2 4.0 4.0 30.37 29.20 1200/2400 25 CHE 1.98 0.50 30 11 46.74 4.8 30 11.1 11.1 2400 FAL 2.15 0.38 22 0.63 24- 13 0 37.47 1.2 27 4 2 3.3 3.3 30.41 29.20 2400 25 FCH 1.42 0.78 10 0.78 10 5 0 45.51 1.0 30 4 0 2.0 2.0 FRB 0.65 24-25 8 0 0.5 29 5 0 0.5 0.5 0800 HAM 2.94 0.90 27 0.90 27 11 0 35.00 T 27 1 0 T T 2100 HER 2.39 0.42 22 0.42 22 12 0 39.04 2.1 29 3 0 4.3 4.3 30.38 29.01 2400 HRN 1.74 0.40 22 0.54 24- 9 0 35.14 1.6 9, 7 3 4.7 4.7 30.42 29.22 2400 25 29 LOU 2.37 0.70 24- 6 0 41.57 4.0 30 2 0 4.0 4.0 30.42 29.45 0800 25 NEW 1.46 0.30 30 9 0 31.57 8.0 30 3 10.5 10.5 30.38 29.68 1700 NPN 2.99 0.99 27 1.01 27- 10 0 42.14 0.1 27 1 0 0.1 0.1 30.45 29.35 2300 28 NOR 2.88 0.92 27 0.94 27- 9 0 33.39 T 27, 1 0 T 0.0 2400 28 28 ORF 2.65 0.78 27-28 11 0 37.41 0.0 T 30.38 29.26 2400 POR 2.19 0.55 22 0.55 22 9 0 34.94 T 27 2 0 T T 30.45 29.29 2400 MEC 2.75 0.55 27 0.74 27- 11 0 35.98 1.5 27 1 0 1.5 30.02 29.42 1800 28 RIC 2.36 0.65 27-28 10 0 34.15 1.2 30.43 29.30 2400 RMD 2.78 0.90 27 6 0 30.68 0.1 27 1 0 0.1 0.1 2300 ROK 2.56 0.63 27 0.63 27 8 0 36.68 6.8 29 4 2 8.8 8.8 30.48 29.40 2400 STF 2.39 0.41 27 0.69 24- 10 0 41.26 0.5 27 6 0 0.9 0.9 2100 25 AKQ 2.78 0.88 27 12 43.96 0.5 27 3 0 0.5 0.5 2400 WEE 3.31 0.83 27 0.83 27 9 0 43.25 2 0 3.5 30.35 29.38 1630 WOO 2.27 0.53 30 0.53 30 15 0 34.53 8.0 30 6 4 13.0 13.1 30.53 29.72 0800 WSH 2.39 0.57 24 0.57 24 12 0 41.14 4.5 29 5 3 11.0 11.0 2200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH CAROLINA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVL 2.98 0.84 24 11 0 49.38 1.9 31 4.5 4.5 30.49 29.48 2400 BRE 4.38 1.40 24 11 1 53.78 0.3 29 5 0 1.0 1.0 2100 CLT 4.08 1.43 21-22 11 2 48.74 2.9 2.9 2.9 30.50 29.45 2400 GSO 2.17 0.59 24 38.80 5.2 29 2 1 5.2 5.2 2400 HEN 2.36 0.65 22 0.65 22 10 0 47.53 0.6 27 5 0 1.0 1.0 2200 RDU 2.75 0.79 22 10 40.81 0.4 0.4 2400 RAL 2.92 0.87 21- 11 0 44.37 0.2 27 4 0 0.5 0.5 30.35 29.45 1900 22 29 RWL 3.29 0.89 22 0.92 21- 10 0 53.31 4.0 29 2 1 4.2 4.2 30.39 29.40 2400 22 ROX 1.99 0.64 27 0.64 27 8 0 41.78 1.0 27 2 1 1.8 2.0 30.32 29.34 2100 ILM 4.83 1.33 22 10 1 49.60 0.0 0.0 30.43 29.40 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH CAROLINA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAE 4.39 47.63 2400 GSP 4.25 1.43 24 10 1 50.06 3.0 29 3.2 3.2 30.47 29.44 2400 RUB 5.97 1.81 24 1.81 24 7 2 55.03 T 29 1 0 T T 30.34 29.55 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEARBY LOCATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRI 2.17 0.55 1 13 0 41.55 30.51 29.45 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACON DATA REPORT DENOTATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATION/LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE) /OBSERVER: DCA Arlington, VA NWS ROK Roanoke, VA 6SW Wendell Prillaman BOS Boston, VA Thomas Hensley BRI Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers STF Stafford, VA Danny Jessee CEN Centreville, VA Paul Bassett AKQ Wakefield, VA NWS CHE Chester Gap, VA Dave Lesher WSH Washington, VA David Yowell (Rappahannock County) WEE Weems, VA 3WNW Francis J. Socey CHO Charlottesville, VA 3N John Stewart WOO Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton FAL Falls Church, VA 1 3/4ENE AVL Asheville, NC NWS Lowell Koontz BRE Brevard, NC 1SE Bob Keehn FCH Falls Church, VA Erica Page CLT Charlotte, NC NWS FRB Fredericksburg, VA 7SW Ken McKneely GSO Greensboro, NC NWS HAM Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel HEN Henderson, NC 4NNE HER Herndon, VA R. M. Beall RAL Raleigh, NC 7NNW Bob Woodson HRN Herndon, VA Russ Topping RDU Raleigh-Durham, NC NWS LOU Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock RWL Rockwell, NC 3WSW Tom Myers NEW Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree ROX Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay NPN Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard ILM Wilmington, NC NWS NOR Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress CAE Columbia, SC NWS ORF Norfolk, VA 5NE NWS GSP Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS POR Portsmouth, VA 3S Bill Trotter RUB Ruby, SC Franklin Hancock MEC Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin TRI Tri-cities, TN NWS RMD Richmond, VA Roy Britt RIC Richmond, VA NWS COLUMN DENOTATIONS: A maximum mean temperature T total precipitation (inches) B minimum mean temperature U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches) C monthly mean temperature V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s) D maximum temperature W number of days with precip. >= .01" E date(s) of maximum temperature X number of days with precip. >= 1.0" F minimum temperature Y year-to-date precipitation (inches) G date(s) of minimum temperature Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches) H days with maximum temperature >=90 1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches) I days with maximum temperature <=32 2 number of days with snowfall J days with minimum temperature <=32 3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0" K days with minimum temperature <= 0 4 total snowfall for month (inches) L peak wind gust (miles per hour) 5 total snowfall for current season (inches) M direction of peak wind gust 6 maximum barometric pressure (inches) N date(s) of peak wind gust 7 minimum barometric pressure (inches) O number of days with thunder (i) incomplete data P number of days with hail (M) Missing, if listed in data table Q number of days with glaze E estimated R number of days with ice pellets R1 number of days with dense fog S local observation time for temps/precipitation